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(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Friday on hopes of a trade deal between the United States and China, but a 26 percent plunge in Kraft Heinz Co hit the consumer staples sector. The Dow ...

Stock benchmarks opened higher Friday morning, set to extend a weekly uptrend for equities, with President Donald Trump scheduled to meet China's top trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, later in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 105 points, or 0.4%, at 25,954, the S&P 500 index climbed 0.3% to 2,782, while the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 24 points, or 0.3%, to reach 7,484. The Dow and Nasdaq are on pace for a streak of nine consecutive weekly gains, while the S&P 500 is on track to book its fourth straight weekly rise. Talks between Beijing and Washington are intended to avoid an increase in tariffs on some $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25% from 10%, set to occur on March 2, at 12:01 a.m. In corporate news, shares of Kraft Heinz Co. were down more than 26% after the food company late Wednesday reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results, slashed its dividend and revealed an accounting investigation that resulted in a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Friday on hopes of a trade deal between the United States and China, but a 26 percent plunge in Kraft Heinz Co hit the consumer staples sector. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

STOCKSTOWATCHTODAY BLOG Friday Feeling. Stocks are poised to end the week on a high note, with futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite both 0.4% higher, while the S&P 500 was 0.

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Shares of Australia's coal miners fell after a Reuters report that China was banning imports of Australian coal in the northern port of Dalian. Shares in mainland China gained the most on the final day of the trading week, among major Asian stock markets. In Australia, the ASX 200 gained 0.46 percent to close at 6,167.30, with most sectors rising.

The Trump administration resumed high-level talks with Chinese officials on Thursday, aiming to ease a trade standoff that's unnerved global investors and clouded the outlook for the world economy. The National Association of Realtors says that sales of existing homes declined 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million last month, the slowest sales rate since November 2015. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Several companies, including AT&T and Nestle, pulled advertisements from YouTube this week over concerns about inappropriate comments on videos of children.

Weak economic reports pressured U.S. stocks on Thursday after the market's recent run of gains, and a drop in healthcare shares added to the bearish momentum. Separate data showed the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's gauge of U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 2016, while another report showed U.S. existing home sales dropped last month to the lowest level since November 2015. Recent gains in the market have been driven by hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and dovish signals from the Federal Reserve.